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Anne Josephson:

Here are 25 lessons that gymnastics (and other sports) brings to us:

1. How to deal with fear
2. How to deal with failure
3. How to get along with others
4. How to manage time
5. How to take criticism
…

25 LIFE LESSONS GYMNASTICS TEACHES (WITHOUT EVEN TRYING)

… at Tom Weeden’s family’s cabin at Donner Lake.

In the photo (in addition to Tom and Mike) are Dr. Harold Frey, Mr. Watanabe, Dave Eby, Mark Adams, Mark Lundy, Ben J Corr, Clark Johnson, Steve Matsuo, Jay Lowy, Fred Perkune, Warren Long, John Cameron, Gary Ino, James Ely, Rod Hom, Tom Beach, Mike Dubos, Ronald Joseph Bell, Steve Omi, and probably a half-dozen others …

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Zambri Zainal Abidin, FIG Brevet Coach from Malaysia, has been a clinician at AGU camps in Damascus(2008), Bangkok (2009), India (2010) and for an IOC Solidarity Coaches Camp in Sanaa, Yemen (2010).

He was invited by the Saudi Arabia Federation to teach a 4 day course Feb 17-20, 2015. 12 Saudi Arabian Coaches attended, some physical education teachers.

Topic covered included:

1. Method of teaching.

2. Understanding the 6 dominant mechanical movement principles.

3. Basic biomechanics.

4. Preventing growth plate damage.

5. Planning and periodization.

6. Physical and technical preparation of skills in the FIG age group development Class 1 compulsories MAG.

They are doing good Gymnastics in the Kingdom, looking to integrate the activity more into Physical Education curriculum.

The only FIG member nations I know that do not offer gymnastics for girls and women are Saudi Arabia and Yemen. In future, we should train ladies as coaches for girls schools and Universities. The largest women’s University in the world is in Riyadh. That institution should offer sports training including Gymnastics.

25 years Head Coach.

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See the Gymnastics Canada write-up on Facebook.

Gymternet posted the best summary of results.

… the FIG Academy Programme hosted a three-day music seminar for a selection of those experts who teach artistry, choreography and music at FIG Academies. This was an attempt to assure that experts from all disciplines that use music have a common understanding of music and will teach common lectures in Levels 1 and 2 of the Academy programme in the same way. …

In attendance were Jorge Méndez of Spain and Úrsula Martins of Portugal for Acrobatic Gymnastics; Tammy Johnson of South Africa, Olga Kyselovi?ová of Slovakia, Irma Santibáñez of Chile and Valerie Grandjean of France for Aerobic Gymnastics; Katja Kleinveldt of Germany and Marta Bobo of Spain for Rhythmic Gymnastics; Stacey Umeh of Australia, Lilia Ortiz Lòpez of Mexico and Mónica Calabró of Argentina for Women’s Artistic Gymnastics and they were joined by Australian federation funded Lisa Bradley. …

Music seminar for Academy experts makes FIG history

The 2004 Olympic Bronze medalist with the Russian team died March 8th, 2015, age-26. 😦

Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

No details as yet.

via Nico on GymFever2012

VAULT
1. Shallon Olsen CAN 1 14.750 (instagram)
2. Megan Roberts CAN 1 14.637 (instagram)
3. Natalia Kapitonova RUS 13.787
full results

Shallon and Megan both included strong DTYs. 9.25 E-scores.

BARS
1. Natalia Kapitonova RUS (6.2) 14.400 (instagram)
2. Anastasia Iliankova RUS 14.150
3. Jade Chrobok CAN 2 13.500
full results

BEAM
1. Rose Kaying Woo CAN 1 (5.9) 14.300 (instagram)
2. Ana Padurariu CAN 1 14.200
3. Sara Berardinelli ITA 13.275
full results

FLOOR
1. Rose Kaying Woo CAN 1 14.125 (instagram)
2. Megan Roberts CAN 1 14.075
3. Angelina Simakova RUS 13.675
full results

Many of the competitors are younger than FIG Junior age.

2014 L’International Gymnix results, for comparison

via @IntlGymnix

VAULT
1. Hélody Cyrenne 13.800
2. Sonita Zlobec 13.287
full results

BARS
1. Sabrina Gill 14.275
2. Isabela Onyshko 14.225
3. Victoria Kayen Woo 13.475
full results

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BEAM
1. Isabela Onyshko (6.1) 14.375
2. Gabriella Douglas 14.200
3. Madison Copiak 13.950
full results

FLOOR
1. Sydney Soloski 13.550
2. Meaghan Ruttan 13.200
3. Victoria Kayen Woo 13.100
full results

via @IntlGymnix